Process design of a fruit industry

Abstract

The objective of this project is the design of the conditioning process, refrigerated storage and with controlled atmosphere of a fruit industry meant to the conservation and its subsequent commercialization throughout the year. A differentiation of the product quality will be pursue thanks to pears with denomination of origin “Rincón de Soto” and peaches of integrated production, managing to maintain their physical and organoleptic characteristics of the product throughout the period. To this end, an existing warehouse in the municipality of Alfaro, La Rioja, is being prepared, specifically in the Tambarria industrial estate, Tambarria 9 square, plots M.5.1 and M.5.2. In this industrial facility, the necessary machinery will be installed, and the appropriate refrigeration and plumbing installations will be calculated. The market and the profitability and feasibility of the project will be analysed for an initially estimated production of 800 tons (600 t pears, 200 t peaches).